Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

'With 51% of Facebook’s referral traffic now coming from mobile and more than two-third’s of Twitter users being mobile, many nonprofits are finally starting to come to the realization that their social media campaigns are doomed unless they embrace a mobile-first approach to online communications and fundraising. Your nonprofit must now assume that the majority of website and blog content you share on social networks is being read on a mobile device and if that content is not mobil

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

'Image courtesy of ok.gov. Let’s be honest, we’re all suckers for numbers. They captivate us, put things into perspective, shock us, and give everyone something to talk about at the coffee pot in the morning. Nonprofit statistics seem to grow more positive with each passing day. Donation numbers are growing steadily and the pervasiveness of technology is saturating nonprofits with opportunity to become more efficient and expand into new markets.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'One of the reasons I started the Beneblog more than ten years ago (!) was to keep the Benetech team in the loop. As someone who travels roughly half the time, it’s important to provide some insight into what’s going on, especially since these meetings often influence where Benetech goes with our efforts. So, this is an in-depth report on the two days I just spent at the end of last week in Geneva.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

'Two weeks ago VisionLink''s W. Douglas Zimmerman and Lois Ann Porter traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to organize the Performance-Based Funding Institute VisionLink produced for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. At the Institute, 9 Community Colleges from Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina gathered to discuss engaging stakeholders around success for all community college students.

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Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

'As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. Learning theory is an attempt to describe how people learn. There are many learning theories and can be categorized in different ways: External: These theories take into account self-learning and learning in groups.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

'This came as a comment on my blog. I had to smile at a spammer complaining about spam. It included a link to a page that seems to be selling dental implants, but I didn''t explore it. Author: Reno Nevada. Comment: Hi, i read your blog from time to time and i own a similar. one and i was just curious if you get a lot of spam responses? If so how do you prevent it, any plugin or anything you can advise?

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

'Image courtesy of The Telegraph. Twitter is a powerful tool for any nonprofit. It is, in simply put, a free messenger that instantly connects your nonprofit to hundreds of millions of possible constituents. With this powerful contemporary tool, however, comes unknowns. New tools can often time take time to get used to or can be difficult to get to know.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

'I’m thrilled to announce that Benetech has filled two key positions: Nadine Apelian Dobbs as Communications Director and Elaine Wallace as General Counsel. I think they will both make big contributions to building Benetech’s ability to deliver greater impact in the technology-for-good field. For more than a decade, Nadine has worked at the intersection of policy and media in major markets including New York, Chicago and Washington, DC.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

'VisionLink''s Senior Director of Community Relations, Lori Warrens, was mentioned in the National 2-1-1 press release " United Way Declares February 11 as National 2-1-1 Day " where she shares statistics and other information on the valuable 2-1-1 telephone service. 2-1-1 is a three digit number that connects tens of thousands of people in need to human services every year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'Photo by One Squiggly Line. Earlier this month, I crossed an item off my bucket list when I gave a talk at TedXBerkeley. I spoke on the topic of ”ISR” or what I call “Individual Social Responsibility. ” The idea is that when you give in small amounts – anything – your time, money, or skills and encourage your network online to amplify it, you can have a great impact as an individual.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'Overwhelmed with all of the event technology options? A new article in our Hub offers ideas for identifying relevant event trends and optimizing your existing tech tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

'With 51% of email now being opened on a tablet or smartphone, nonprofits would be wise to redesign their e-newsletter as soon as possible. Long-standing e-newsletter design best practices such as a two or three-column-fixed layout, 12 point font size, and text-based links only are officially 51% less effective. Unless your nonprofit embraces responsive design or mobile-first design aesthetics, your stories and calls-to-action will go unread and untapped.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

'Image courtesy of ATCoreSystems. The move to mobile is no longer an unavoidable, upcoming trend. It is officially upon us. A bevy of new web users are browsing, scrolling and clicking through the endless corridors of the internet using their mobile devices every day. And with every twist and turn, your nonprofit must contort to meet new challenges contemporary society throws at you.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'Marc Pitman. Founder. FundraisingCoach.com. I emailed some of the top authors and social media experts from around the world and asked them to quickly answer this question: What is one thing you wish nonprofits "got" about social media? The replies were great!

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Advertiser: Digital Ocean

Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

'BoardAssist is pleased to welcome nonprofit finance pro Paul Konigstein, who wrote this post, as our first guest finance blogger. We are very grateful to Paul for sharing his expertise. As someone who has over two decades of experience assisting nonprofit organizations with their finances, we knew when it came to nonprofit finance, our readers would be eager to hear from Paul. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Join Us! Our session will share lots of great advice about what to do before , during , and after leading an effective technology training.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

'This week''s Apricot Jam link round-up includes posts on: nonprofit measurement; membership models; online communities for associations; nonprofit newsletters; and inspiring your board.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'Today, I am pleased to share again a guest post from Garret Kramer of InnerSports LLC about how to be a great coach: 14 Attributes of Great Coaches By Garret Kramer, Author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life There are many, many coaching manuals and books on the market today. Unfortunately, virtually all of them provide an external blueprint or "positive" guide to successful coaching and leadership.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

'Image courtesy of Diaryofageek.com. Email marketing is a timeless and important part of any nonprofit’s outreach efforts. In most cases, individuals have take the time to intentionally sign up for your messages because of a genuine interest in what you have to say. Of late, however, email marketing campaigns have suffered. Nonprofits are seeing their read rates plummet and their content click rates fall even further.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

'Did you know that on average, each technology responsible staff supports almost 29 organizational staff members? This was one of the key findings from last year''s Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments research. Help us figure out if that trend stayed true in 2013. In partnership with The NonProfit Times , NTEN is conducting the 8th annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing and Investments survey in order to provide both benchmarks and qualitative data about technology decisions and practi

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'With nearly 2 million board seats opening up in the United States ever year, it’s not easy for nonprofit leaders to successfully compete for, and win over, fantastic new board members. Our job at BoardAssist is to do just that – identify and “lock in” those high impact agents of change for our nonprofit clients. If you are navigating this process on your own, here are some useful tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

'I found this wonderful comic on Mashable “ The Field Guide to Procrastination ” that identifies 12 different methods for work avoidance or procrastination, defined in Wikipedia as “ putting off tasks for a later date.” We all do it. The comic is funny but a fairly accurate depiction of how we procrastinate. I tend to be a lister, cleaner, or distractor, but in my 35 years working in the nonprofit sector, I’ve probably used all of these at one time or another

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

'In this guest post, Claire Axelrad explains how to make your fundraising events worth the effort - "they inspire action".

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See3

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

'Last week, I joined 21 representatives of homeless service organizations from across Los Angeles at Home for Good L.A. for a social media boot camp led by See3’s Chief Learning Officer Lisa Colton, in partnership with the See3-Kindling Group project @home. The boot camp is designed to give nonprofits the “digital kick in the tush” they […].

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

'If there was any doubt before, everyone now knows social media is here to stay. The seemingly endless flavors of platforms are all filling their respective niches and enrapturing audiences across the board with engaging, user created content. Finding ways to tap into theses audiences for marketing purposes has been a challenge. Marketers must tread lightly to not disrupt the delicate balance of content and alienate users.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

'The day before I set off for the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2012, my boss back in Australia warned me: "Now, don''t you go falling in love with San Francisco and not come back.". His warning was prescient. During those three days of scribbled notes, pun tweets, and laughs, I did fall in love with the US nonprofit community, with NTEN, and with a man who I''d move halfway across the world to marry.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

'I used to have the terrible habit of writing out a to-do list in a notebook or scrap of paper and then completely neglecting or losing it. Task manager apps can help you stay on track with features such as timers that alert you when a task is due, collaboration features, and email inbox integration. Most of these task manager apps are cross-platform, too, so you can use them on your work PC, home computer, and mobile devices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

'Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Note from Beth: Many nonprofits do not have dedicated teams for social media and social media strategy and implementation is typically only a part of a someone’s job. With limited time, how should that resource be invested to for best results? Often, it can be choice of what channels to go deeper on and what channels to ignore.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

'Here are some tips and ideas to help you take your event sponsor relationships to new heights.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

'John Mattone, author of Intelligent Leadership , says character consists of these six elements : Courage Loyalty Diligence Modesty Honesty Gratitude What would you add to this list?

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